February 2025

Uses and Limitations of Absorption Costing

By |2025-02-12T09:08:41+02:00February 12th, 2025|Cambridge AS A Level Accounting, Notes, ZIMSEC A Level Accounting|

Cambrige AS and A Level Accounting Notes (9706)/ ZIMSEC  Advanced Accounting Level Notes: Absorption Costing: Uses and Limitations of Absorption Costing

  • According to research by CIMA the leading Management Institute
  • Traditional costing methods such as Absorption costing are still in widely used by manufacturing businesses throughout the world
  • There is are reasons for this

Uses/Advantages of Absorption costing

  • Often used […]
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Direct materials, indirect materials and labour

By |2025-02-12T09:15:01+02:00February 12th, 2025|Cambridge AS A Level Accounting, Notes, ZIMSEC A Level Accounting|

Cambrige AS and A Level Accounting Notes (9706)/ ZIMSEC  Advanced Accounting Level Notes: Types of Costs: Direct materials, indirect materials and labour

  • It is important to point out at this stage that there are generally three types of entities:
    1. Manufacturing entities that make goods and sell them
    2. Merchandising entities that purchase goods and sell them for a profit […]
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Costing for Labour: Remuneration Methods

By |2025-02-12T09:11:54+02:00February 12th, 2025|Cambridge AS A Level Accounting, Notes, ZIMSEC A Level Accounting|

Cambrige AS and A Level Accounting Notes (9706): Costing for labour: Remuneration methods

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  • Now that we have examined the basics of labour within organisations
  • It is time to look at remuneration methods
  • There are three basic remuneration […]
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Marginal Costing: Introduction

By |2025-02-12T09:13:35+02:00February 12th, 2025|Cambridge AS A Level Accounting, Notes, ZIMSEC A Level Accounting|

Cambrige AS and A Level Accounting Notes (9706)/ ZIMSEC  Advanced Accounting Level Notes: Marginal Costing: Introduction

  • We have already looked at absorption costing here
  • Now it is time to examine marginal costing which is an alternative way of looking at things
  • For while absorption costing treats production overheads as a product cost by assigning a share of these […]
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